Resources
The Quaker United Nations Office conducts in-depth research and analysis on a range of topics relating to our core areas of focus and in conjunction with various partners. Search this archive or filter by topic to access our publications, including research papers, annual reports, significant statements of our positions, and more.
Policy Brief: The relationship between food security policy measures and WTO trade rules
This report first provides a historical overview of both the concept of food security and the incorporation of agriculture into...
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Policy Brief: Small-scale farmer innovation
This policy brief consolidates lessons learned from an in-depth literature review on small-scale farmer (SSF) innovation systems and a two-day...
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Project Brief: An Interactive Trade Policy Tool
QUNO has been developing an online tool to help explain the complex relationship between food security measures and the World...
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QUNO remarks in Washington on the universal application of the peaceful, just and inclusive societies approach within the SDGs
QUNO New York Director, Andrew Tomlinson, was invited to speak at a meeting of the Washington-based Conflict Prevention and Resolution...
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Geneva Reporter
In this issue: Nelson Mandela Rules Conflict Sensitivity in Business Highlights from QUNO New York Recent publications QUNO Q&A with...
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Small-scale farmer innovation systems: A review of the literature
This literature review marks QUNO’s step back from focusing on intellectual property rights (IPR) to ask more broadly: What are...
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Children of Incarcerated Parents and Minorities in Criminal Justice Systems
This briefing paper was prepared for the 8th session of the UN Forum on Minority Issue in November 2015, and revised in...
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ICM Inclusion Remarks
QUNO New York Director, Andrew Tomlinson, was invited to speak as a panelist in the public consultation on Social Inclusion...
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Reflections One Year Later and Charting a New Course for Gaza
In July, the United Nations Security Council met in an Arria-formula meeting on Gaza, co-chaired by the Permanent Missions of...
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Small-scale farmer innovation systems: a review of the literature
Small-scale farmer innovation systems have remained an abstract and elusive concept – this document seeks clarification by presenting a review...
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The relationship between key food security measures and trade rules
The rules governing international trade in agriculture are often vague and ambiguous, requiring significant legal and administrative capacity to uncover...
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Preparing for Paris: a series of briefing papers relating to COP21, December 2015
Between November 30 and December 11, 2015, international negotiators will meet at the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 in Paris....
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Small-scale Farmer Innovation Systems: Report on the First Expert Consultation 26-27 May 2015 Chateau de Bossey, Switzerland
In May 2015, QUNO convened a small expert consultation in Geneva to discuss the emerging concept of small-scale farmer innovation systems. The event brought...
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